Number line
Horizontal number lines
Print ten horizontal number lines with your own endpoints, whole-number or fractional steps, and six choices of tick labels.
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Vertical number lines
Make nine vertical number lines with values increasing upward. Choose endpoints, equal steps and the labels learners need.
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Read each line from bottom to top as values increase. Check the interval before locating a number.
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Enter signed decimal endpoints with at most three decimal places and absolute values no greater than 1,000. The end must exceed the start, the chosen increment must divide the span exactly, and the line must have 2–201 ticks. Unreadable labels are rejected: choose fewer labels, a larger increment or a shorter span. Requested labels are never silently removed.
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Read a vertical scale and explain how moving up or down changes a value.
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Start at -2 on a vertical line with steps of 1. Where do three steps upward land?
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The three moves reach -1, then 0, then 1. Upward means a greater value, even when the starting number is negative.
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- Begin with 0 to 5 and all labels for learners who are new to vertical scales. Introduce values below zero only when the learner is ready.
- Compare a horizontal and vertical line with the same bounds. The values and intervals stay the same; only the direction on the page changes.
- The nine reference axes have no assessment points. A requested teaching-model page repeats them, and changing the seed leaves the reference unchanged.
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